--- johnlasher20002000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> THIS IS NOT A JOKE. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID > > Subject: President Bush explains his Social Security > Reform Proposal: > > WOMAN IN AUDIENCE: I don't really understand. How is > it the new plan is > going to fix the problem? > > Verbatim response: > > PRESIDENT BUSH: "Because the -- all which is on the > table begins to > address the big cost drivers. For example, how > benefits are calculated, > for example, is on the table. Whether or not > benefits rise based upon > wage increases or price increases. There's a series > of parts of the > formula that are being considered. And when you > couple that, those > different cost drivers, affecting those -- changing > those with personal > accounts, the idea is to get what has been promised > more likely to be > -- or closer delivered to that has been promised. > Does that make any sense to you? > It's kind of muddled. Look, there's a series of > things that cause the > --like, for example, benefits are calculated based > upon the increase of > wages, as opposed to the increase of prices. Some > have suggested that > we calculate -- the benefits will rise based upon > inflation, supposed > to wage increases. There is a reform that would help > solve the red if > that were put into effect. In other words, how fast > benefits grow, how > fast the promised benefits grow, if those -- if that > growth is > affected, it will help on the red." This is the President of the most powerful nation on earth. It would make a great joke if it wasn't true. He truly doesn't know what he is talking about, he only thinks he knows. A very dangerous combination. > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
